Justin Taylor: Last November—November 26, 2009, the morning of Thanksgiving to be exact—Matt Chandler’s life changed forever. Here’s how the Associated Press profile described it: Thanksgiving morning, a normal morning at the Chandler home. The coffee brews itself. Matt wakes…
You might have cancer – – read this
Even if you haven’t been diagnosed, there’s a chance – – a reasonably strong possibility – – that you have cancer or will one day be diagnosed with it. This post is prompted because I am preparing to make a…
An interview with quadriplegic Joni Eareckson Tada
Sarah Pulliam Bailey of Christianity Today interviews Joni Eareckson Tada: Joni Eareckson Tada might be mistaken for a modern-day Job. The disabilities advocate was severely paralyzed in a diving accident at age 17. For the past ten years, she has…
Feel like quitting?
If you feel like giving up, then meditate on Paul’s words to Timothy 2 Timothy 2:11-13: The saying is trustworthy, for: If we have died with him, we will also live with him; if we endure, we will also reign…
The Big Picture: Remembering Katrina Five Years Later
The devastation was beyond comprehension. See the rest at The Big Picture.
If you have recently suffered loss . . .
My friend, Alice, recently lost her mother. Today she shared some very personal thoughts about grief in a post with the title, “Sad.” Many will be able to relate. Here’s what nobody can really tell you about bereavement until you…
“Have a theology of suffering before it befalls you, so that when it hits you land on solid ground”
See also, D.A. Carson – – How can God allow suffering and evil in the world? and Piper, “When you hug those who are suffering, you need a place to stand.” Matt Chandler is a young pastor with a brain…
If you’re not suffering now, you will soon – – Preparation is so important
In seminary, I began wondering how I would shepherd people through deep valleys that come with the changing seasons of life. One of my seminary professors once told a story about a family that faced a terrible tragedy. I asked…
A Nazi work camp contrasted with the castle at Neuschwanstein
Our family may be able to visit both the Neuschwanstein castle and Flossenburg this summer. So, I was interested in this post from that angle. But, more than that, because I have a great appreciation for Bonhoeffer. Gene Fant writes:…
Poland’s unprecedented tragedy
So far as I am aware, no country in the modern era (or ever?) has immediately lost so many leaders during peace time. I am told that even in World War II, Poland’s loss of key leaders was not so…